[PATCH 1/5] module/dups: Fix use-after-free in kmod_dup_req lifetime handling
From: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Date: 2026-07-20 12:16:43
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lkml
Subsystem:
module support, the rest · Maintainers:
Luis Chamberlain, Petr Pavlu, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen, Linus Torvalds
The kmod dups code uses RCU to ensure that a kmod_dup_req instance is freed
only after it is no longer referenced. When releasing an instance, the
kmod_dup_request_delete() function removes the kmod_dup_req from the
dup_kmod_reqs list, waits via synchronize_rcu() and finally frees it.
However, this doesn't work correctly because parallel users referencing the
instance in kmod_dup_request_exists_wait() don't enter an RCU read-side
critical section. This can result in a use-after-free.
The kmod_dup_request_exists_wait() function may need to hold a valid
reference to a kmod_dup_req instance across a blocking wait until the
corresponding modprobe command completes. This makes it unsuitable for RCU.
Fix the issue by changing the lifecycle management of kmod_dup_req to use
reference counting.
Fixes: 8660484ed1cf ("module: add debugging auto-load duplicate module support")
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
---
kernel/module/dups.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/module/dups.c b/kernel/module/dups.c
index 1d720a5311ba..e1828e865edd 100644
--- a/kernel/module/dups.c
+++ b/kernel/module/dups.c@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ #include <linux/ptrace.h> #include <linux/async.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> +#include <linux/refcount.h> #include "internal.h"
@@ -38,13 +39,12 @@ static bool enable_dups_trace = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS_TRACE); module_param(enable_dups_trace, bool_enable_only, 0644); -/* - * Protects dup_kmod_reqs list, adds / removals with RCU. - */ +/* A mutex-protected list of active kmod requests. */ static DEFINE_MUTEX(kmod_dup_mutex); static LIST_HEAD(dup_kmod_reqs); struct kmod_dup_req { + refcount_t refcount; struct list_head list; char name[MODULE_NAME_LEN]; struct completion first_req_done;
@@ -53,12 +53,24 @@ struct kmod_dup_req { int dup_ret; }; +static void get_kmod_req(struct kmod_dup_req *kmod_req) +{ + refcount_inc(&kmod_req->refcount); +} + +static void put_kmod_req(struct kmod_dup_req *kmod_req) +{ + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&kmod_req->refcount)) + kfree(kmod_req); +} + static struct kmod_dup_req *kmod_dup_request_lookup(char *module_name) { struct kmod_dup_req *kmod_req; - list_for_each_entry_rcu(kmod_req, &dup_kmod_reqs, list, - lockdep_is_held(&kmod_dup_mutex)) { + lockdep_assert_held(&kmod_dup_mutex); + + list_for_each_entry(kmod_req, &dup_kmod_reqs, list) { if (strlen(kmod_req->name) == strlen(module_name) && !memcmp(kmod_req->name, module_name, strlen(module_name))) { return kmod_req;
@@ -87,10 +99,10 @@ static void kmod_dup_request_delete(struct work_struct *work) * just returning 0. */ mutex_lock(&kmod_dup_mutex); - list_del_rcu(&kmod_req->list); - synchronize_rcu(); + list_del(&kmod_req->list); mutex_unlock(&kmod_dup_mutex); - kfree(kmod_req); + + put_kmod_req(kmod_req); } static void kmod_dup_request_complete(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -129,6 +141,7 @@ bool kmod_dup_request_exists_wait(char *module_name, bool wait, int *dup_ret) if (!new_kmod_req) return false; + refcount_set(&new_kmod_req->refcount, 1); memcpy(new_kmod_req->name, module_name, strlen(module_name)); INIT_WORK(&new_kmod_req->complete_work, kmod_dup_request_complete); INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&new_kmod_req->delete_work, kmod_dup_request_delete);
@@ -161,10 +174,12 @@ bool kmod_dup_request_exists_wait(char *module_name, bool wait, int *dup_ret) * keep tab on duplicates later. */ pr_debug("New request_module() for %s\n", module_name); - list_add_rcu(&new_kmod_req->list, &dup_kmod_reqs); + list_add(&new_kmod_req->list, &dup_kmod_reqs); mutex_unlock(&kmod_dup_mutex); return false; } + + get_kmod_req(kmod_req); mutex_unlock(&kmod_dup_mutex); /* We are dealing with a duplicate request now */
@@ -194,7 +209,7 @@ bool kmod_dup_request_exists_wait(char *module_name, bool wait, int *dup_ret) * calls bail out right away. */ *dup_ret = 0; - return true; + goto out; } /*
@@ -209,12 +224,14 @@ bool kmod_dup_request_exists_wait(char *module_name, bool wait, int *dup_ret) TASK_KILLABLE); if (ret) { *dup_ret = ret; - return true; + goto out; } /* Now the duplicate request has the same exact return value as the first request */ *dup_ret = kmod_req->dup_ret; +out: + put_kmod_req(kmod_req); return true; }
@@ -224,6 +241,10 @@ void kmod_dup_request_announce(char *module_name, int ret) mutex_lock(&kmod_dup_mutex); + /* + * Find the entry previously added in kmod_dup_request_exists_wait() + * that is owned by the current task. + */ kmod_req = kmod_dup_request_lookup(module_name); if (!kmod_req) goto out;
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